Changes

The last time I blogged I said I would provide more updates later in the week.... That, obviously, did not happen. Those updates were to include details of a rather scary thing that happened the previous week while Kevin and I were purchasing new phones and combining our wireless plans. Being that this story is not going to be its own post as first intended and will instead only be a small piece of this, a longer post that has other things in it also, I'm not going to describe it in as much detail as I once would have.

Suffice it to say that I randomly fainted just as we were paying for our new phones. I got really hot all of a sudden and then kind of leaned into Kevin and ended up lying on the floor of the establishment. An ambulance was called and I ended up with my coat off, a bottle of water, a fan, and a chair to sit in while answering all kinds of questions. Firemen were the first responders to arrive and ask me the preliminary questions (do I have any health conditions, has this happened before, when was the last time I ate, etc.). They also asked if I could possibly be pregnant... to which I had to answer in the negative for a variety of reasons chief of which was that Aunt Flow had arrived that very same day (possibly contributing to the reasons for my faint in the first place). Anyway... the point of including this story in the blog was to inform everyone that a group of firemen now know that I'm not pregnant. (There ya go, Ash!) The whole experience resulted in a trip to the doctor complete with blood tests and a prescription for 12 weeks worth of vitamin D.

Other things have also been happening. Kevin and I finally got our acts together and found an apartment to lease for the next 6 months. The whole thing took one week to finalize and we're super thrilled. We're very happily installed at Providence at Harbour Club which was the cheapest place we could find. It's in Belleville which, so far, does not seem to suck as much as we thought it might. We're close enough to groceries, restaurants, post office and the po po's plus we have a lovely proximity to a large park with quite a bit of property and a view right onto the first hole of a golf course from our balcony. Speaking of which, we have a stinkin' huge balcony with two sliding glass doors (one to the livingroom and one to the bedroom) that will be perfect for hanging out on this summer and I know the Lu will love to be out there for some fresh air. As we were moving in we discovered some of our lovely neighbors: all older-ish people that were kind enough to offer to help us carry things in and smile and say hello. The whole experience of moving in was excellent. I'm so excited for our first place together... and I'm excited for Kevin to move in in May. The only fly in the oinment was that I had to leave like 3 days after we signed the lease so I didn't get to unpack everything and get everything organized for Kevin and Lucy to be there while I'm gone.

Which brings me to the fact that I'm currently in California visiting my sister, Faye. I will be here for a little over two weeks which will be a tremendous opportunity to exercise and relax plus my getting to visit Faye and David. While it is not exactly the best timing for my visit because we have the wedding fast approaching and many things to prepare and loose ends to tie up, I'm here and I intend to enjoy it (taking care of some wedding tasks long distance, of course).

Wedding plans are progressing. Kevin and I have decided on a cake, have had our first meeting with the Rev., have ordered the invitations, and had our first fittings for gown/tux. Everything's sneaking up so quickly... it's all very exciting.

Good things are happening and I'm happy. I'm hoping that returning to HCrizzle in two weeks will not sour my optimism about how things are going.